探花直播Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall visited the 探花直播 of Cambridge on Tuesday 29 November to mark the Fitzwilliam Museum鈥檚 bicentenary and to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the Cambridge 探花直播 Library

His Royal Highness is not only one of the most prominent among our alumni, but also one of the most supportive of the 探花直播.

Sir Leszek Borysiewicz

Their Royal Highnesses were welcomed to the Fitzwilliam Museum by by the Lord Lieutenant of听Cambridgeshire, Sir Hugh听Duberly, by the Vice-Chancellor of the 探花直播 of Cambridge, Professor Sir听Leszek听Borysiewicz, and by the Museum鈥檚 Director, Mr Tim Knox.

At the Museum, they 听met 听pupils from King鈥檚 Hedges School and Soham Village College taking part in educational activities designed by the museum to allow primary school children to interact with the exhibits.

探花直播Prince of Wales and 探花直播Duchess of Cornwall met staff from the Fitzwilliam Museum, and were shown treasures from the Museum鈥檚 collection including a unique sculpture in wax, 鈥淎rabesque over the Right Leg, Left Arm in Front鈥, by Edgar Degas, and a European medieval illuminated manuscript.

Staff from the Cambridge 探花直播 Library demonstrated the latest digitisation techniques, and displayed rare items from the UL鈥檚 collection including a copy of Charles Darwin鈥檚 On the origin of species by means of natural selection (1859) and Andreas Vesalius De humani corporis fabrica librorum epitome (1543).

Also at the Fitzwilliam, Their Royal Highnesses met with representatives of 探花直播-led and local outreach, education and development initiatives including the Cambridge-Africa Programme, the Cambridge Development Initiative, the Research for Equitable Access and Learning Centre, the Campaign for Female Education, and the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, of which 听 探花直播Prince is Patron. They were then introduced to foreign students awarded the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarships.

Addressing Their Royal Highnesses after the Museum visit, the Vice-Chancellor said:

鈥淚t is especially gratifying to welcome 探花直播Prince of Wales back to Cambridge as one of our most distinguished alumni. There are some 230,000 active members of the 探花直播鈥檚 alumni networks around the world. His Royal Highness is not only one of the most prominent among them, but also one of the most supportive of the 探花直播. We are grateful for his key role as Patron to the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and to the Cambridge Commonwealth, European & International Trust.鈥

In the afternoon, Their Royal Highnesses attended 听a rehearsal of the King鈥檚 College Choir.


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